REFLECTING
HISTORY
NORTH
AMERICAN PREMIERE
MADRID
BEFORE HANITA
(JEWS FROM PALESTINE IN THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES)
(MADRID
LIFNEY HANITA)
Israel,
Spain, France, Germany, 2006, 58 min., Hebrew
Director: Eran Torbiner
Producer: Eran Torbiner
Script: Eran Torbiner
Cinematography: Eran Torbiner
Editing: Eran Torbiner
Music: Boaz Schory
Sound: Eyal Shinler
Production company: Eran Torbiner
Print Source:
Michael Treves
JMT Films
20 Bialik St.
63324 Tel Aviv
Tel.: 972 52 36 333
e-mail: jmtreves@012.net.il
www.JMTFilms.com
Madrid Before Hanita (Jews from Palestine in the International
Brigades)
When
the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, over 300 Jews from
Palestine left their homeland to fight fascism by joining
the International Brigade. Many of them were Jewish communists
who believed Fascism was the main enemy of humanity in general
and of Jews in particular. The volunteers from Palestine had
to contend with the Zionist Jewish community, with the leadership
of the Communist Party in Palestine and finally with the families
who did not understand their urge to volunteer to fight in
a war so far away from home. Interviews with the last of the
volunteers still living today and their family members as
well as excerpts from their letters and diaries featured in
this insightful doc help to authentically chronicle their
stories in Palestine and the decision to go to Spain and documents
their complex relationships with the civilian Spanish population
and their loves, disappointments, hopes, and losses.
 Eran
Torbiner was born in Israel inn 1978. He holds a
BA in Political Science and Journalism from Tel Aviv University
and "koteret" College (1997). Since 1997, researcher
and photographer for documentary films on politicals topics.
Filmography:
Madrid Before Hanita (2006);
The Land of the Settlers (2005);
Jerusalem 28% - 72% (2003);
Matzpen (2003);
Yesh Grul at the Arbor (2002).
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SCREENING WITH MADRID BREAD
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